In agriculture, value chain research provides a capacity to increase efficiencies, business
integration, responsiveness and ultimately market competitiveness. In sugar, such research …

Value chain based approaches offer tremendous scope for market-based improvements in
production, productivity, rural economy diversification, and household incomes, but are often …

Operations research (OR) methodologies in optimization have been extensively applied to
problems in different agricultural value chains in recent years. We take a critical stock take of …

This publication presents a methodological strategy for the analysis of agrifood value chains.
Simply stated, chains can be seen as sets of interrelated activities that are typically …

This value-chain research and training manual consolidates experience from ACIAR
projects across Asia and Africa. It sets out the practical steps in adopting a value-chain …

Purpose Value Chain Analysis (VCA) is established as a diagnostic tool. The purpose of this
study is to extend existing applications and develop an iterative and relational method. to …

This chapter provides a background to value chain analysis, and then outlines the
conceptual framework developed for the purpose of this programme to help overcome the …

This document has been prepared by Lasse Henriksen, Lone Riisgaard and Stefano Ponte
of the Danish Institute for International Studies. The information for the working paper was …

The goal of our work is to review methodologies to analyze value chains, particularly within
the agribusiness sector. The first part of the analysis delves into the value chain concept …

The analysis of value chains has augmented our knowledge on the complexities, inter-
linkages, distributional benefits, and institutional arrangements of production and marketing …